Re: [Sansevierias] S. bonceilensis

However, the picture of Peter Heyens plant (with a typical cylindrica offset) embedded in your message shows a plant that differs VERY MUCH from what is usually offered under the name 'Boncel' (aka 'bocelensis' or 'bonceilensis') in terms of both coloring AND leaf shape. The latter matches rather a small cylindrica 'Skyline' plant or something very close to it. IMHO the maternal plant in the picture shows signs of fooling with growth retardants. I would have never taken it for 'Boncel', not even for the dark form of the latter that was introduced most recently and was claimed by the author/grower to remain stable for three generations.

Staszek

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hermine Stover [email protected] [Sansevierias] 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 8:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [Sansevierias] S. bonceilensis


    

  YES, this is very like the boncel photo sent to me by SOMEBODY. 
  thank you for this Lord Gamesby, keeper of the Sansevieria Botanical Library.

  <curtsey>

  hermine


     

    Here is Peter Heyens Boncel with a typical cylindrica offset.